I teach you the Overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? ... The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time has come to plant the seed to his highest hope.

They climb the mountain like beasts, stupid and sweating; it seems that no one bothered to tell them that there are beautiful vistas along the way.

I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.)

We no longer love our knowledge enough once we have passed it on.

Time flies apace-we would fain believe that everything flies forward with it.

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.

you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?